Video: Bus falls off ferry into Padma River in Bangladesh; 23 dead

At slightest 23 radical died aft a rider autobus fell into the Padma River successful Bangladesh’s Rajbari territory connected Wednesday, officials said, arsenic rescue teams continued searching for survivors and those inactive missing.A video shared online shows the autobus tipping implicit the borderline and plunging into the river. A fewer passengers are seen managing to aquatics and being pulled by the shore.

The bodies had been recovered truthful far, but much radical could inactive beryllium trapped. “We person recovered 23 dormant bodies truthful far. There whitethorn beryllium immoderate inactive missing, and a fewer radical survived. Since it is night, the rescue cognition is somewhat paused, but a combined rescue cognition is ongoing," Police inspector Russel Mollah had said, arsenic quoted by quality bureau ANI.

The mishap took spot astir 5 p.m. adjacent ferry terminal fig 3 successful Daulatdia. The bus, which was travelling from Rajbari to Dhaka, was connected a ferry erstwhile it fell into the river.Officials said it was carrying astir 40 passengers, though witnesses claimed the fig could beryllium higher arsenic the autobus had picked up travellers on the way.Rescue teams, including occurrence work unit and divers, launched an cognition soon aft the incident. According to reports, the rescue vessel Hamza managed to propulsion the submerged autobus retired of the stream astir six hours later. Around 11.15 pm, portion of the conveyance became visible, and by 11.30 pm, the full autobus was lifted utilizing a crane.